The abbreviation tmcft (also written tmc ft, TMC, or tmc), representing a thousand million cubic feet (one billion = 1,000,000,000 = 109 cubic feet) is commonly used in India in reference to volume of water in a reservoir1 or river flow.2
Conversion
1 tmcft is equivalent to (approximations):
- 28,320,000 cubic metres (m3)
- 28.32 gigalitres
- 22,957 acre-feet
- 7.4805 billion US gallons
- 6.2288 billion imperial gallons
Alternatively, 1 cubic kilometre (km3) = 35.32 tmcft is the standard unit used by the Central Water Commission of the Government of India for reporting gross and effective storage capacities of dams in India in National Register of Large Dams (NRLD).
In agriculture, a rough estimate by irrigation experts is that 1 tmc ft water is needed each year to irrigate 4,000 ha (10,000 acres).3
The amount of water that can be discharged through a conduit is often expressed in cubic feet per second (cusec).
References
References
- K. Lakshmi (24 September 2010). "Krishna water release soon". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Archived from the original on 14 April 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- Mahendra Jain, ed. (April 2007), "Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Announces Final Verdict", Pratiyogita Darpan Magazine, Agra: Pratiyogita Darpan
- Tata, Madhavi (3 May 2010). "Bottled Krishna: Guntur farmers fume at AP's allotment of drinking water to Coke". Outlook India Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.